Method of attaching half-soles to the base of old shoes.



W. H. MCCAUSLAND- METHOD OF AITACHIN. '4ALF SOLES TO THE B ASE OF OLD SHOES. APPLICATlON HLED MAY 31. L916.

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WILLIAM H. McCAUSLAND, or Los ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

METHOD OF ATTACH ING HALF-SOLES TO THE BASE OF OLD SHOES.

Application filed May 31', 1916. Serial N 0. 100,887.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. MoCAUs- LAND, a citizen of'Great Britain, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Methods of Attaching Half-Soles to the Bases of Old Shoes, of which the following is'a specification.

This invention relates to a method of attaching half-soles to worn shoes, by which shoes known as hand sewed Goodyear welt, or any other shoe, the out soles of which are attached to a welt, this welt being sewed to the insole by a separate seam generally known as inseam. may be half-soled or retapped without distorting the shape or destroying the smoothness of the insole.

The method hitherto in use has always been to remove the worn part of the sole to skive or bevel the end of the old sole, to lay the half sole or tap on the bevel and nail it through the insole. The nails being driven through the outsole where the two beveled edges overlap passing through the insole and clenching against an iron last inside the shoe. The sole was then ready to sew to the welt.

- This nailing always distorts the shape of the-insole and partially destroys the smoothness and flexibility for which the shoes above referred to are noted.

My novel method removes the old or worn part of the sole in the same manner as the old methods, but instead of nailing the halfsole or tap through the insole, to attach it to the shank of'the old sole either by cementing, sewing or other attachment entirely sep arate and independent of the insole.

It is an object of this invention to provide a method for attaching outer half-soles to the shank portion of the outer sole of a shoe which will be more durable and secure than those attached by the methods in common practice.

Another object is to provide a method for al'pplying half-soles to worn. shoes which s oes will be perfect on the inside, and will not be distorted out of shape.

Another object is to provide a method for applying half-soles to the bases of old shoes whereby the same will retain their original flexibility. The shoes half-soled by my new method have no nails to extend through the insole, and consequently roughness of the insole or discolorin of the hose b rusty 2 g nails 1s entirely avolded.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 2, 1917.

illustrated as adjacent the shoe ready to be attached thereto. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view illustrating the manner in which the hallf-sole is secured to the shank of theouter so e.

Referring to the drawings, 5 indicates a shoe having an upper 6, an insole 7, and a shank portion 8. of an outer sole. The main portion of the outer sole has been cut away, as indicated in Figs. 2 and 3, and the shank portion alone remains. The shank portion has been prepared after the removal of the remainder of the outer sole with a beveled edge 9 which extends laterally and the width of the outer sole. For a purpose which will hereafter be set forth, the shank portion has been loosened from the insole and the welt by cutting the stitch along the marginal have been prepared in the manner described they are in condition to be stitched, 0r otherwise fastened together.

The first step in the operation of applying the .sole is to treat the adjacent beveled faces of the ends 9 and 11 of the shank and half-sole, respectively, -with a cement or other suitable water-proof adhesive. Next, the shank portion is bent outwardly. and a stitch 12 is made across the shank and sole and through the overlapping beveled edges thereof. The half-sole is then drawn in to position over the insole and is pegged thereupon in a manner to hold it during the stitching operation. When the sole '1s so pegged, a stitch 14 is made around the entire marginal edge of the shoe and through the welt, and continued along the shank portion of the outer sole to reestitch the shank along the portion which was removed to allow the shank to be stitched along the stitching 12 as previously ldescribed, after stitching the marginal edge to the welt the peg holding the sole in place may be removed.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a simple method for securing a half-sole to the welt and the shank of a shoe with a stitch and without the use of nails or metallic fasteners.

I claim:

A method of halfsoling shoes with leather soles, consisting in cutting away the Worn sole, beveling the transverse edge of the shank portion of the outer sole at. a point adjacent the terminating line of the instep and loosening said shank portion from the insole and the welt of the shoe by cutting the stitches along the marginal edges of the sole, applying an adhesive to the beveled face of said shank portion, preparing a leather half-sole with a beveled edge complementary to that of the shank portion, and placing the same on the beveled edge thereof, stitching the overlapping beveled edges of the shank portion and the half-sole together, and finally stitching the half-sole to the welt of the shoe along its remaining marginal edge, whereby the insole of the shoe remains free from any nails or tacks driven therethrough.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

WILLIAM H. MCOAUSLAND. 

